Paonia, CO – As the push to transfer federal lands to private interests intensifies, and as an old guard of conservationists moves into the sunset, the green movement faces a critical question: Who will nurture and lead a new, more urban and racially diverse, generation to defend the country’s environment and lands? The answer can be found […]
2016
Posted in2016
High Country News gives voice to women firefighters speaking out about harassment, abuse and sexism on the job
PAONIA, COLO. – High Country News, the nation’s leading source of reporting on the American West, just released the first feature in a continuing series of stories about women working in public-land agencies who are being harassed and abused by their male colleagues. Read the complete story here: hcne.ws/trial-by-fire (contact joann@hcn.org for free editor […]
Posted in2016
Rebellion Turns to Insurgency: Behind the Discontent in the West
Paonia, CO – Events like the January 2016 standoff at the Oregon Malheur Wildlife Refuge are becoming more commonplace in the West, amid hidden connections between the economic downturn, anti-government sentiment and a sprawling network of organizations, actors and movements. For the past six months, High Country News has been investigating this broader network, and has now issued […]